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Rumor: New Playstation Vita; HDMI port, 4G, memory card price cut
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Pai Pai Master
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No, they shouldn't. As a day 1 Vita owner I'm all for Sony doing anything they can to breathe life into the platform. Everyone benefits from that, no one benefits from a dead Vita.
Lagspike_exe
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odhiex
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Imagine people who bought the new iPhone day 1, and then...Apple releases the new & better model a year (even less) later.
Ashler
Member
IMO That is done by getting good games onto your platform, not by pimping out the hardware. Case in point, the 3DS.
I don't really count Apple as a console manufacturer.
The meltdowns will be glorious!
Indeed. Pretty sure I saw some recent Japanese poll where Vita was like most wanted hardware or something, but price was just way too high. PSP started off shit too, all it takes is a few big games to push it up. It won't be Monster Hunter, but maybe PSO2 can do something.
Dr. Zoidberg
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Not gonna lie. As a current Vita owner I'd be kinda pissed if the new model had HDMI out. That's the kind of thing that should have been there from the start if they were going to do it. It's not like the PSP where it wasn't commonplace at the time.
How in the hell are folders always missing from these devices at launch and then they have to go back in and add it later. Why not design them in from the get-go. It either has to be intentional or these companies are incompetent.
How in the hell are folders always missing from these devices at launch and then they have to go back in and add it later. Why not design them in from the get-go. It either has to be intentional or these companies are incompetent.
I'll have my 6-pack and popcorn ready!
not sure if serious
Couldn't they be announcing both? Why does it have to be one or the other?
If it is the "future' of Sony, and they plan to support both the PS4 and vita, wouldn't the include both at this conference?
Umm...this is what is to be expected if you buy a console day 1.
clay_ghost
Member
Please have some kind of ambassador programme.
In the time it takes you to wait for it to hit $200, you probably could have saved / afforded the $300 a few times over. Not sure where the logic is in this.
That being said, this seems more like a move to compete with other mobile devices. HDMI out would be a big boon, as people could hook it up to their TVs for content viewing, and provided Sony tosses in DS3 support, it could be a home console on the go (I think this is extremely unlikely).
lordfroakie
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I wouldn't call that a price drop...
Same thing I'm thinking.
RurouniZel
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HDMI out might convince me to bite.
BloodMoney
Banned
I predict they reveal this alongside the PS3 and announce it is compatible as a controller for the PS4 that functions similarly to the Wi U's controller. (haven't read through all the post in this thread, but i figure someone has already made the same prediction).
I'm more and more tempted by the vita, but still not 100% in.
I'm more and more tempted by the vita, but still not 100% in.
Jacksonlee
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needs more games :d
LiquidSolid
Member
The 3DS still isn't doing that well outside of Japan, so that's not a great example. A better one would be the DS, which was regularly being outsold by the PSP outside of Japan right up until the Lite came out and that's where it took off.
The Vita certainly needs more game announcements but the idea that that's all they need is ridiculous. The Vita already has a good game library, the problem is that there's so much scepticism over its future, over its price and over a variety of other things, that people just write it off.
Sony need to start from scratch and build some momentum and a "re-launch" is the best opportunity to do so. New SKU, price drop, memory card price drop and new game announcements. All four, I think, would be integral parts of it. Get rid of one and it's a flop. So if the OP is right and Sony thinks that they can just release a new SKU and keep the same price, they're absolute idiots and aren't really interested in making it a success.
iceatcs
Junior Member
New technology/features is welcome. But I would like to see real price cut.
At least it kind add the value worth. Hopefully better app/browser and games then I don't mind get one. I rather to see this new model by Summer otherwise I cannot afford 2 or 3 new systems in short time.
At least it kind add the value worth. Hopefully better app/browser and games then I don't mind get one. I rather to see this new model by Summer otherwise I cannot afford 2 or 3 new systems in short time.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Whoa if PS4 and Vita comes out on the same day! Dunno why Sony didn't launch Vita earlier though, wasn't it rumored to be coming out like a year ago?
BossLackey
Gold Member
This might be what I need to get one. $249 isn't cheap, but it's better.
You are going to wait for a long ass time.
But seriously though there were plenty of time to get the Vita and memory bundle for cheap during sale last year.
If it was, the meltdown would be glorious. But I highly doubt that Sony would do that.
Pai Pai Master
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According to the rumour this new model would be $299.
BattleMonkey
Member
No one said it was. Memory cards are what are getting price cut
The Mana Legend
Banned
Jesus, Sony has no fucking clue why the Vita is tanking.
Lack of games due to lack of HW sales.
I call price hike BS. Sony can't be that stupid.
A 15 foot hdmi cable only costs about $10. That's not a problem. Being tethered to a tv again sounds kind of lame though.
You can get one for $200 right now.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
If they're planning a system refresh it's probably coupled with some key software announcements.
Opus Angelorum
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If this is true, it underlines how utterly clueless Sony are in regards to why the PSVita isn't selling.
How many people have actually went to buy one and thought "Hey, this thing does not have 4G or HDMI...no sale".
How many people have actually went to buy one and thought "Hey, this thing does not have 4G or HDMI...no sale".
Next to impossible for the PS4 not to be the big reveal on the 20th I think.
All possible, except for no price drop.
Yoshida said it would happen in 2013 just before Christmas and just the other day in the Q&A with investors they said that price is under consideration (which in non layman's terms means that a price drop is already planned). Also it's not like Vita's situation can fixed adding more value
Yoshida said it would happen in 2013 just before Christmas and just the other day in the Q&A with investors they said that price is under consideration (which in non layman's terms means that a price drop is already planned). Also it's not like Vita's situation can fixed adding more value
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